Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-27

ESCSSSdIl " pOPO4o1 4OCRSO0
for the Instruments of power. Z
policeman or judicial officer FcoVld
command the same respect in plain cleths
that he could in a uniform, / do not
think that our police officials could COM
msnd the same respect without their
badges and evidences of Office. Now the
Augto~ Saxon people are the only people
on the face Of the earth who heSe mach
respect for law in the abstract, Gsfor
men because they simply repF9seHt the
isI. Other nations have it in O MEASURE,
but such is the respect Of the Anglo
Saxon mind for abstract law, that be
/ lieve that the future development of the
world depends largely upon the FREEDOM
/ inance of the Angl0~SsXOn element. Ii
/ the socialists and prolelariat of foreign
countries are permitted to overthrow the
/ AEgly- Saxon element here then we are
gone. If we had pTedOminance IN this
country at this present time, the Puritan
element, the devotion to one idea as
represented in the AnglO-Sax0nty type, then
I feel certain if the Judges sat upon the
bench in plain clothes they would exer-
! else as much influence as they ought to.
! The Judges Of the Supreme court repre-
! sent pure law. Through them ali law,
except that pertaining to the operation Of
/ the Executive Department, is enfOrGedS
! The people should be encouraged to cave
! the highest respect for this court, for
! it's members are the most helpless,
except as they have the confidence
/ of the people. The Judges have no ermy,
| no patronage and no control over the ma
! toms purse. There has Crept into this
/ country from abroad q lowering of respect
! for official life, tendency to lessen the
respect due to those who are called to as
sumo responsibilities of official station.
| While would not inaUguTate it, do not
think that it would now be wise to dis
( card the gown There is no man who is
acquainted with human nature who does
not understand the effect of outward
| presence and dress in inspiring respect
! for high office. l am therefore against
making any change at the present time "
Well known as Juitice Miller is all over
! the country, but comparatively few PEG
! pie are aware that ne was thirty years
! old before he began the study Of law. He
was born in Kentucky, April 3, 1916, and
/ consequently he was eligible fer retire
Inent upon full pay on his last birthday.
The first twelve years Of his life were spent
on a farm, and there he underwent all the
| hardships and toll incident to a life of
this kind. At an early age he was sent 10
an academy in Richmond, for year or
two, and here by mere accident he got q
chance to study medicine. After gradu-
ating and receiving his diploma, be COM
menced the practice of his profession.
For eight years he was a country prGcti-
toner, and then he made up his mind to
become lawyer. He had wife
and two children before he de-
Cided to Change his original
occupation. There are not many
men who couldwith salty change from one
profession TO another after having passed
the first period Of manhood. He was
more successful in law than in medicine.
In the latter profession with his sensitive,
sympathetic nature, he suffered more
than his patients did, and the wear upon
his mind was more than he could bear.
Several years after being admitted TO the
bar, Miller removed to KeOkuk, Iowa.
Here he took an active part in politics.
He was an enthusiastic sdmirer of Henry
Clay and considers HIN and Alexander
Hamilton the two greatest statesman
America has produced. In 1852, Miller
was nominated by President Lincoln 80
be justice of the Supreme court. His
domination went over 10 the Senate at 9
O'Clock in the evening before the
final adjournment and he was Instantly
confirmed unanimously without reference
to g committee This compliment is
rarely paid to any one who has not for
merly been a member OF the Senate. SO
it was that within q dozen of years after
being admitted to the bar, this newly
tledged lawyer had reached one of the
n IN
his twenty-four years upon the bench ne
has probably writteu more opinions on
constitutional questions than any f his
associates and tnrouL hOut the country he
stands among the very highest Of Consti-
tutional lawyers. The first case to come
before the Supreme court, involving the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution, was
given Justice Miller to pr, pare the opln-
ion Of the court and this was the very first
authorilive exposition Of the amendments.